Who keeps fish?!?! The Official fish thread. V1.0

i always thought it was screwy that Cali and other states have all these animal restrictions yet they more or less embraced the spread of the invasive largemouth bass. you want to talk about devastating invasive look no further than america's sweetheart the LMB

i'm not complaining that much, i don't live there and cali bass fishing is some of the best in the world as they grow super huge and have nothing to really compete with. sucks for local natives, though

the ghost shrimp experiment worked in my puffer tank. i think i am going to move forward and get some crystals or amanos now. leaning towards amano shrimp as they are much cheaper and algae control (the oto's are doing nothing) in a tank i cannot have any snails in.

the ghost shrimp experiment worked in my puffer tank. i think i am going to move forward and get some crystals or amanos now. leaning towards amano shrimp as they are much cheaper and algae control (the oto's are doing nothing) in a tank i cannot have any snails in.

That substrate is awesome, I wonder if any of my fish would be opposed to it.

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Originally Posted by JC Nor7

lols, i just happen to like the seahawks.

south jersey for 5 years now.

Nice, I'm about an hour away from you and I go up that way a few times a month.

That tank I'm trying to buy comes with about a dozen adult cichlids (as well as a dozen various aged cichlids) which I do not need. I called the local specialty store, they are VERY excited and would love to buy them from me. Apparently adult cichlids go for quite a pretty penny. I figure this could be a good way to build a solid relationship with this store.

That substrate is awesome, I wonder if any of my fish would be opposed to it.

Nice, I'm about an hour away from you and I go up that way a few times a month.

That tank I'm trying to buy comes with about a dozen adult cichlids (as well as a dozen various aged cichlids) which I do not need. I called the local specialty store, they are VERY excited and would love to buy them from me. Apparently adult cichlids go for quite a pretty penny. I figure this could be a good way to build a solid relationship with this store.

i don't like most of the rift lake cichlids. i like dwarves, talapia, discus, pikes and a few other SA species (jags and Pbass in particular). pike cichlids are my favorites followed closely by shell dwellers and comps (Dimidiochromis compressiceps). if i had the space i would have a bunch of these:

i don't like most of the rift lake cichlids. i like dwarves, talapia, discus, pikes and a few other SA species (jags and Pbass in particular). pike cichlids are my favorites followed closely by shell dwellers and comps (Dimidiochromis compressiceps). if i had the space i would have a bunch of these:

lols. never realized tilapia was a type of cichlid. i just had some for dinner the other night.

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you could do that or add another species if you want. i prefer overstocked community tanks but that is just me. my 20gal is like double stocked right now and all the parameters are in check although i will get slight nitrate spikes occasionally if i am not careful with feeding. i have a pretty solid clean up crew in there outside the plants. 2x flower shrimp, an undisclosed number of blue tiger shrimp (i never see them, kinda sucks), MTS and random pond snails. also have a school of salt and pepper corys and 3 oto cats.

the snail population has been dropping a lot since ive been taking the smaller ones and feeding them to my puffers. i might throw 2 zebra nerite snails in if i completely nix the pond snail population

you could do that or add another species if you want. i prefer overstocked community tanks but that is just me. my 20gal is like double stocked right now and all the parameters are in check although i will get slight nitrate spikes occasionally if i am not careful with feeding. i have a pretty solid clean up crew in there outside the plants. 2x flower shrimp, an undisclosed number of blue tiger shrimp (i never see them, kinda sucks), MTS and random pond snails. also have a school of salt and pepper corys and 3 oto cats.

the snail population has been dropping a lot since ive been taking the smaller ones and feeding them to my puffers. i might throw 2 zebra nerite snails in if i completely nix the pond snail population

sweet! i'll probably just add another denison then.

i think i'll have a nice little set up once completed. might not see much of the corys but the shark should make an appearance, and the denisons from what i've read should be very active.

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